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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p data-start="254" data-end="568">A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Srinagar has declared Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, an accused in the so-called white-collar terror module linked to the November 10 car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, a proclaimed offender under Section 84 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).</p>
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<h4><span style="color: #0000ff;">read also:</span> <span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><a style="color: #ff0000;" href="https://theedgemedia.in/delhi-high-court-refuses-order-lawyer-meeting-jasir-bilal-wani">Delhi High Court Declines to Issue Order on Plea for Lawyer Meeting</a></em></span></h4>
<p data-start="570" data-end="894">The proclamation was issued last week by a special judge designated under the NIA Act and was pasted on Rather’s residence in Qazigund on Saturday, according to officials familiar with the development. The court has directed Rather to appear before it on January 28, 2026, at 10 am to face the complaint filed against him.</p>
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<p data-start="896" data-end="1260">In its order, the court stated that a public proclamation was being made to secure the presence of Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, who is required to answer charges in the case. Investigators believe that Rather is currently hiding in Afghanistan. His brother, Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather, was earlier arrested in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in connection with the same case.</p>
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<p data-start="1262" data-end="1708">The terror module came to light after Srinagar police launched an investigation into threatening posters targeting police and security forces that were pasted on walls in Bunpora, Nowgam, in mid-October. The probe led investigators to Al Falah University in Faridabad, Haryana, where two doctors, Dr Muzaffar Ganaie and Dr Shaheen Sayeed, were arrested. During the operation, around 2,900 kilograms of explosive material was seized in November.</p>
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<p data-start="1710" data-end="1982">According to investigators, the module was allegedly run by a core group of doctors, including Dr Ganaie, Dr Umar Nabi and Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather. Dr Umar Nabi was identified as the driver of the explosives-laden car that exploded near the Red Fort, killing 15 people.</p>
<p data-start="1984" data-end="2341">Section 84 of the BNSS outlines the legal procedure for declaring an individual a proclaimed offender when they abscond to evade arrest. The process includes issuing a public proclamation through local announcements, pasting notices at the accused’s residence or village, affixing the order in court premises and, if required, publishing it in newspapers.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/red-fort-blast-nia-court-declares-muzaffar-rather-proclaimed-offender">Red Fort Car Blast Case: NIA Court Declares Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather a Proclaimed Offender</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, a fugitive carrying a reward of 10 lakh rupees, for his alleged involvement in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed, the daughter of the then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. According to investigators, he is suspected of being part of a conspiracy formed by [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/cbi-arrests-shafat-shangloo-rubaiyya-sayeed-case">CBI Arrests Fugitive Linked to 1989 Rubaiyya Sayeed Kidnapping Case</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested <strong>Shafat Ahmed Shangloo</strong>, a fugitive carrying a reward of 10 lakh rupees, for his alleged involvement in the <strong>1989 kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed</strong>, the daughter of the then <strong>Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed</strong>. According to investigators, he is suspected of being part of a conspiracy formed by members of the banned <strong>Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front</strong>.</p>
<figure id="attachment_27360" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-27360" style="width: 731px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-1-scaled-e1764621248146.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-27360" src="https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-1-scaled-e1764621248146-284x300.jpg" alt="" width="731" height="772" srcset="https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-1-scaled-e1764621248146-284x300.jpg 284w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-1-scaled-e1764621248146-970x1024.jpg 970w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-1-scaled-e1764621248146-768x810.jpg 768w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-1-scaled-e1764621248146-750x791.jpg 750w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-1-scaled-e1764621248146.jpg 1140w" sizes="(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-27360" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="color: #000000;">Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, a fugitive arrested by CBI, carrying a reward of 10 lakh rupees, for his alleged involvement in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed.</span></figcaption></figure>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="color: #008000;">Shangloo, described as a close associate of</span> <strong>JKLF chief Yasin Malik</strong>, had been wanted for <strong>more than three decades</strong>.</em><span style="color: #008000;"><em>The CBI stated that he conspired with Malik and others under various provisions of the <strong>Ranbir Penal Code</strong> and the<strong> TADA Act</strong>. The agency confirmed that he will be produced before the TADA Court in Jammu as required by law.</em></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Officials revealed that Shangloo had allegedly served in an organisational role within the banned group and was responsible for managing its finances. </span>He was taken into custody from his residence in the Nishat area of Srinagar during an operation conducted jointly by the CBI and Jammu and Kashmir Police.</p>
<figure id="attachment_27361" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-27361" style="width: 740px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-2-scaled-e1764621281987.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-27361" src="https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-2-scaled-e1764621281987-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="417" srcset="https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-2-scaled-e1764621281987-300x169.jpg 300w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-2-scaled-e1764621281987-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-2-scaled-e1764621281987-768x432.jpg 768w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-2-scaled-e1764621281987-750x422.jpg 750w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-2-scaled-e1764621281987.jpg 1130w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-27361" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="color: #000000;">Rubaiyya Sayeed was abducted near Srinagar’s Lal Ded Hospital on December 8, 1989. She was released five days later after the V. P. Singh–led central government, supported by the BJP, freed five militants in exchange. </span></figcaption></figure>
<p>Yasin Malik, currently imprisoned in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in a terror financing case, attends court hearings through video conferencing due to restrictions imposed on his movement by the <strong>Ministry of Home Affairs</strong>. Eyewitnesses, including <strong>Rubaiyya Sayeed</strong> herself, have identified him in connection with the kidnapping.</p>
<p>Rubaiyya Sayeed was abducted near <strong>Lal Ded Hospital</strong> in Srinagar on<strong> December 8, 1989</strong>, and was released 05 days later after the central government led by<strong> V P Singh</strong>, with BJP support, freed 05 militants in exchange. She is now living in Tamil Nadu and has been listed by the CBI as a prosecution witness since the agency took over the case in 1990.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color: #008000;"><em>Malik, aged fifty six, was convicted by a special NIA court in May last year. He had been arrested in early 2019 for a 2017 terror financing case filed by the National Investigation Agency.</em> </span></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-3-scaled-e1764621342432.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-27362" src="https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-3-scaled-e1764621342432-226x300.jpg" alt="" width="699" height="928" srcset="https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-3-scaled-e1764621342432-226x300.jpg 226w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-3-scaled-e1764621342432-771x1024.jpg 771w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-3-scaled-e1764621342432-768x1021.jpg 768w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-3-scaled-e1764621342432-750x997.jpg 750w, https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/years-36-3-scaled-e1764621342432.jpg 1140w" sizes="(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px" /></a></p>
<p>To speed up the trial process, the CBI appointed its senior counsel, <strong>Monika Kohli, as the chief prosecutor</strong> after charges were framed against Malik in cases involving both the kidnapping and the killing of four IAF personnel in Srinagar over 30 years ago.</p>
<p>Kohli, who has represented the CBI in the High Court for a decade, successfully opposed Malik’s bail pleas in the major cases that occurred during the early years of militancy in Kashmir. A special TADA court has already framed charges against Malik and <strong>nine other accused individuals</strong> in the kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/cbi-arrests-shafat-shangloo-rubaiyya-sayeed-case">CBI Arrests Fugitive Linked to 1989 Rubaiyya Sayeed Kidnapping Case</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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